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Good Year For The Roses.
This is the original version as written and performed by Jerry Chestnut.
This song was also covered by Elvis Costello.
Verse 1.
I can Ahardly bare the sight of lipstick
On the cigaretDtes there in the aAshtray
Lying cold the way you left them
But at least your lips carrDessed them while you pAacked
And a Dlip print on a half-filled cup of coffee
That you poured and didn't Adrink
But at leE7ast you thought you wanted it
That's so much more than I can say for Ame
Chorus:
What a good year for the Droses
E7Many blooms still linger Athere
The lawn could stand another Bm7mowing
  E7Funny, I don't even Acare
As you turned to walk aDway
  E7As the door behind you DclosAes 
The only thing I know to Bm7say
                              E7    A  D,   A/C#  E7, A, D/A, A, 
  It's been a good year for the roses
Verse 2.
After Athree full years of marriage
It's the first time that you hDaven't made the Abed
I guess the reason we're not talking
There's so little left to Dsay, we haven't Asaid
While a Dmillion thoughts go running through my mind
I find I haven't said a Aword
From the E7bedroom the familiar sound
Of our one baby's crying goes un-Aheard
Chorus:
What a good year for the Droses
E7Many blooms still linger Athere
The lawn could stand another Bm7mowing
  E7Funny, I don't even Acare
As you turned to walk aDway
  E7As the door behind you DclosAes 
The only thing I know to Bm7say
                              E7     A    D   A/C#  E7,  A  
  It's been a good year for the ro- o- ses
Another great song from way back when. Enjoy....taff.

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Good Year For The Roses

by Jerry Chesnut

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Bm7

A/C#

Good Year For The Roses.

This is the original version as written and performed by Jerry Chestnut.

This song was also covered by Elvis Costello.

Verse 1.

I can hardly bare the sight of lipstick

D A

On the cigarettes there in the ashtray

Lying cold the way you left them

D A

But at least your lips carressed them while you packed

And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee

That you poured and didn't drink

But at least you thought you wanted it

That's so much more than I can say for me

Chorus:

What a good year for the roses

E7 A

Many blooms still linger there

Bm7

The lawn could stand another mowing

E7 A

Funny, I don't even care

As you turned to walk away

E7 D A

As the door behind you closes

Bm7

The only thing I know to say

E7 A D A/C# E7 A A A

, , , D/, ,

It's been a good year for the roses

Verse 2.

After three full years of marriage

D A

It's the first time that you haven't made the bed

I guess the reason we're not talking

D A

There's so little left to say, we haven't said

While a million thoughts go running through my mind

I find I haven't said a word

From the bedroom the familiar sound

Of our one baby's crying goes un-heard

Chorus:

What a good year for the roses

E7 A

Many blooms still linger there

Bm7

The lawn could stand another mowing

E7 A

Funny, I don't even care

As you turned to walk away

E7 D A

As the door behind you closes

Bm7

The only thing I know to say

E7 A D A/C# E7 A

It's been a good year for the ro- o- ses

Another great song from way back when. Enjoy....taff.

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